The effect of environmental conditions on tropical deep convective systems observed from the TRMM satellite

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 5745-5761

  Lin, Bing ^a   Wielicki, Bruce A ^a   Minnis, Patrick ^a   Chambers, Lin ^a   Xu, Kuan Man ^a   Hu, Yongxiang ^a   Fan, Alice ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; DEHYDRATION; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; RADIATION;

CLOUD-SYSTEM RESOLVING MODELS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL DEEP CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CLOUD WATER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MOISTURE FLUX; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TROPICAL REGION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33646341654     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3940.1     Document Type: Article

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